Colorado – On Tuesday afternoon, October 17, 2017, Ingrid Encalada Latorre refused a court order to board a plane with her two children and be deported back to Peru; she instead returned to sanctuary.
Encalada Latorre was originally in sanctuary for six months from December…
Denver, CO – On May 20, 2017, Ingrid Encalada Latorre left sanctuary at Mountain View Friends Meeting and returned home to her children, nine-year-old Bryant and two-year-old Anibel, who are both U.S. citizens. She was granted a temporary stay of removal until August 7, 2017.…
Denver, CO – In October 2014, Arturo Hernandez Garcia was the first person in Colorado to enter into sanctuary from deportation. He spent nine months on the grounds of the First Unitarian Society of Denver, where Jeanette Vizguerra is currently in sanctuary, until he was…
Denver, CO — On February 15, 2017, Jeanette Vizguerra, an undocumented mother and immigrant rights activist, entered into sanctuary at the First Unitarian Society in Denver.
Vizguerra decided to skip a scheduled check-in with her Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Officer because she had a…
Mass graves have been found in along the Texas/Mexico border. U.S. Border Patrol has been dumping bodies found along the border into mass graves, some as close to the ground level as 4 inches. Some of the bodies thrown away in garbage bags, some with…